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This is a continuation procedure for AWStats installation.

PROCEDURES:

GeoIP Information will show country information in AWStats.

1.    Download the current GeoLite Country from the internet
1. #wget http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIP.dat.gz

2.    Create GeoIP directory
# mkdir /usr/local/share/GeoIP

3.    Move data files to directory and unzip.
#mv GeoIP.dat.gz /usr/local/share/GeoIP/
#gunzip /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat.gz

4.    Install the GeoIP program
#wget http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/GeoIP-1.4.3.tar.gz
#cd /usr/local/src
#tar zxvf GeoIP-1.4.3.tar.gz
#cd /usr/local/src/GeoIP-1.4.3
#./configure
#make
#make check
#make install

#vi /etc/ld.so.conf
add the line:
/usr/local/lib

#ldconfig

5.    Install Geo::IP Perl Module

#wget http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/perl/Geo-IP-1.27.tar.gz

#cd /usr/local/src
#tar zxvf Geo-IP-1.27.tar.gz
#cd /usr/local/src/Geo-IP-1.27
#perl Makefile.PL LIBS=’-L/usr/local/lib’
#make
#make test
#make install

6.    Update your awstats.yoursite.conf configuration file
Add this line:
LoadPlugin=”geoip GEOIP_STANDARD /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat”